Sidera Networks has extended its network to the data center park in Elk Grove, Ill., the Chicago area’s largest. Sidera will offer dark fiber and lit services from 100MB to 100GB on this newly constructed route between Chicago and three different data centers located in Elk Grove Village.
The Chicago-metro market serves as a major financial and content hub centrally located between the East and West coasts of the United States. Data centers in Aurora, Wood Dale and Elk Grove serve large enterprises, financial institutions and media organizations that require high-capacity bandwidth, ultra-low latency and diverse connectivity.
Sidera’s network between Chicago and Elk Grove delivers high-capacity connectivity to the largest consolidated business park in North America and interconnects three major data center facilities including Equinix (CH3), DuPont Fabros Technology (CH1), and Savvis (CH3), located within a one-mile radius in Elk Grove.
Sidera’s newly expanded network route will soon also connect Elk Grove to Aurora, Ill., to complete a ring from Chicago to Elk Grove, down to Aurora and back to Chicago.
“This expansion enhances Sidera’s network capabilities within the Chicago-metro market to deliver unparalleled high-performance connectivity not just to Chicago and Aurora, where we have network today, but also to data center parks such as Elk Grove and Wood Dale,” said Clint Heiden, president of Sidera Networks. “This is an important market, not just for financial services, but also for content, cloud and media because of its central location between the US coasts. This announcement reiterates our commitment to connect the most data centers throughout our network footprint.”
